Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, some sectors remain difficult to decarbonize using such methods, including heavy industry, heating, and certain transport sectors, such as aviation and shipping. Its potential as a fuel, energy carrier, and chemical feedstock has led to many governments formulating national hydrogen strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Thursday’s letter from PG&E vice president Robert Kenney to the California Energy Commission is a notable concession by the state’s largest utility to the constraints its natural gas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Southern California Gas Co.,

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that's the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. Making natural gas renewable.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s part of President Joe Biden’s plan to transition the nation to clean energy, even though the environmental benefits of hydrogen still hinge on overhauling the way the fuel is traditionally made. Hydrogen combustion creates water vapor, unlike fossil fuels that release greenhouse gas emissions when burned.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The diversity in their approach – from leveraging natural gas with carbon capture to harnessing renewable and biomass energy sources – showcases the multifaceted potential of hydrogen. Power Generation : Hydrogen can be used in turbines to generate electricity, offering a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

The deal will see biomethane from UK anaerobic digestion producers replace fossil fuel gas supplies across all Heathrow terminals. The UK aviation industry has made a firm commitment to get to net zero by 2050 , at the very latest," said Gorman.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. Blue hydrogen is currently being supported by the UK and several other governments around the world as a potentially key source of the versatile low carbon fuel. Full paper is here: [link].

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It also would significantly decrease demand for natural gas, diesel and other fossil fuels, helping to accelerate California’s and the region’s climate and clean air goals.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

They found that the rate of electrification accelerated faster in the absence of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), with a faster phase-out of unabated fossil fuels in the power sector. A number of oil and gas companies have turned their attention to carbon capture in recent years.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Progressive Energy says pilot project will provide evidence base to support switch from fossil fuel to hydrogen, as industry advances plans for UK's first hydrogen fuelled town. It is also seen as a potential solution for decarbonising building heating systems, which are currently heavily dependent on natural gas.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

“A lot of [cargo] carriers and technology providers are trying to figure out what the alternative to bunker fuel is,” said Dan Rutherford, who directs the marine and aviation programs at the International Council on Clean Transportation , or ICCT, in California. Methanol, or CH?OH, Yet it’s not exactly a climate win.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The debate began with an audience poll that posed a controversial position: Hydrogen produced from natural gas should NOT be part of APAC’s energy mix as it distracts from a renewable hydrogen economy – Do you agree or disagree? 58% of the audience agreed, edging out the 42% that disagreed. China’s entry into Blue H2.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Climate targets were under threat from all sides with climate science deniers, politicians and media platforms exploiting the war in Ukraine and ensuing energy crisis to demand an increase in fossil fuel extraction. The Dangers of Liquified Natural Gas Lock-In. Anti-Net Zero’ MP Hires Aides Linked to Climate Denial Group.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One major source is the fossil fuel industry. The Hydrogen Council, a lobbying group whose members include major oil companies and automakers, works to encourage investment in hydrogen and fuel cells, and produces reports forecasting a bright future for hydrogen tech. What’s behind the recent resurgence of hydrogen hype?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Our current fossil fuel economy has reached its limit,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference. “We For aviation, airline companies take the lead. The report found that gas lobbyists held 323 meetings with EU officials between January 2020 and May 2021.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Britain's gas networks have today unveiled proposals to invest over £900m in developing net zero infrastructure over the coming five years as part of the UK's coronavirus recovery efforts, with a major focus on ramping up the use of biomethane and hydrogen for heating, cooking, industry, and transport.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Late last week, Britain's biggest boiler manufacturers joined together to announce a promise to homeowners who make the switch to hydrogen-ready appliances that doing so will cost them no more than purchasing pure-fossil fuel gas equivalents.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hydrogen is increasingly seen as an important component of efforts to decarbonise the global energy system, providing a potential means of eradicating emissions from "difficult to decarbonise" sectors such as aviation, shipping, heating, and heavy industries such as cement manufacture.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Under the terms of the deal, Amazon will purchase more than half of the power generated by the 759MW Holladske Kust Noord offshore wind farm from 2024 onwards, taking 250MW from Shell and 130MW of capacity from Eneco, a Dutch natural gas and clean energy company owned by Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. It's yet even more sobering evidence that the UK needs to move away from fossil fuels and ambitiously pursue rapid decarbonisation," he added.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

Despite the rapid electrification of the power sector and shrinking demand for fossil fuels, DNV GL warned the energy transition is not happening fast enough to deliver on global climate goals, predicting that global emissions will shrink by just nine per cent by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The government has offered the deepest glimpse yet of its vision for harnessing hydrogen to decarbonise the UK economy, today setting out its vision for a "twin track" approach that leaves the door open for production of the energy source from both renewable electricity and fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

VS: Traditionally, hydrogen has been industrially produced from the methane contained in natural gas, releasing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the process. It could have an important role to play in decarbonizing difficult-to-electrify sectors like industry, maritime transportation, and aviation. Courtesy: Equinor).

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

According to the analysis, more than four fifths of the oil imports have been Russian diesel, with the rest made up of fuel oil. Sharing its findings, Greenpeace said wider sanctions against the Russian economy would not work until the UK and its allies fully halted the import of Russian fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

Despite the rapid electrification of the power sector and shrinking demand for fossil fuels, DNV GL warned the energy transition is not happening fast enough to deliver on global climate goals, predicting that global emissions will shrink by just nine per cent by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

Hydrogen is often touted as a renewable energy lifeline for hard-to-abate industries such as concrete and steel manufacturing, aviation and shipping. the molecule is propping up fossil fuels. The most emissions-heavy derivative today is grey hydrogen, which is produced using natural gas or coal via an energy-intensive process.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

The cost differential remains despite intense investor interest in the fuel, with share prices of many hydrogen stocks doubling or quadrupling during 2020. However, the study warns that despite such falling production costs, hydrogen produced using clean power remains significantly more expensive than hydrogen produced using natural gas.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

However, the report warns that despite this welcome focus from policymakers, governments still face a major challenge if they are to close the price gap between low-carbon 'green' and 'blue' hydrogen and the carbon intensive hydrogen produced from natural gas that currently dominates the market.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The First Movers Coalition is committing to buying volumes of climate friendly solutions in steel, trucking, shipping, and aviation. we’ve probably seen this the most in sustainable aviation fuels so far. this technology could chip away at and then eventually replace industry standard combined cycle natural gas plants.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Carbon dioxide removal doesn’t directly cut emissions from any particular industry, like agriculture or aviation. It will be powered, in part, by natural gas, and some of the captured carbon will be sold to oil companies and used to help pump more oil out of aging wells. Hundreds of environmental groups in the U.S.

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CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 9, 2020

million, comes from the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) division through its Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) program. SOFCs produce electricity by electrochemically oxidizing a fuel source. The first award, for $2.1 Share this.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Fossil fuel companies, which have promoted hydrogen as a catch-all solution to climate change, rank among the top spenders and outnumber clients from every industry, including the renewable energy sector, the analysis shows. That is an extremely lucrative place for the fossil fuel industry to be,” she said. “If

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